‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?

"In the small town of Chipaya, everything is dry."

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“We are the first inhabitants of South America,” says Flora Mamani Felipe, Chipaya’s first female mayor. “We are an ancient culture , and we’re now in danger of extinction. There are no jobs; people are migrating to Chile.”

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"The Uru Chipaya are at risk of extinction as the climate crisis dries up their land and their way of life."

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"People’s diets are changing too, says Condori. “People used to harvest quinoa and eat it. But salt burns the quinoa. Now people buy pasta and rice in the city. They eat chicken and french fries and that stuff.”"

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